Photograph-cabinet.



No. 888,958. PATENTED MAY 26, 1908. F. J. BUSALD.

PHOTOGRAPH CABINET.

APPLIOATION FILED APR.19.1905. RENBWED MAE. 26. 1908.

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'PHOTOGRAPH CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED APR.19.1905. RENBWBD MAB.. 26. 1908.

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PHOTOGRAPH-CAB INET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 26, 1908.

Application :filed April 19, 1905, Serial No. 256,340. Renewed March 26, 1908. Serial No. 423,426.

In the sides 10 and 11 below the rails 12 T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK J. BUsALD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Le Roy, in the county of McLean and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Photograph-Cabinets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the saine.

This invention relates to photograph cabinets and it has for its object to provide a construction including a casing having a sight or viewing opening in its top and a series of carriers and feedingmechanism or shifting mechanism for bringing the carriers successively into position to be viewed.

A further object of the invention is to provide a construction of this nature which will be cheap and simple of construction and eflicient in its operation.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figure 1 is a top plan view of the apparatus with the cover removed. Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken longitudinally through the apparatus, the shifting rod being in elevation. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section showing the parts in a different position. Fig. 4 is a vertical section through the outer casing and showing the inner casing in side elevation.

Referring now to the drawings, the present apparatus comprises an outer casing in the top 5 of which is an opening 6 having a Olass 7 covering it to permit of inspection of the interior of the casing while protecting the contents of the casing.

Within the exterior casing is an inner casing comprising the sides 10 and 11 and ends 12 and 13 and secured to the inner faces of the sides and extending longitudinally thereof near their lower edges are the rails 12 and 13 which are designed to support each a series of carriers 15 the particular construction of which will be hereinafter described. Secured also to the inner faces 'of the sides 10 and 11 and extending vertically are ribs 17 and 18 which terminate short of the rails and of the upper edges of their respective sides so that a single carrier 15 may be slid along the l rails from one end to the other of the inner casino', that is from one side to the other of the ri s.

and 13 are formed the longitudinal slots 19 and 20, said slots between the ribs 17 and 18 and the end 12 of the casing being in a lower plane than the portions between said ribs and the end 13, and thesev two end portions of each slot being connected by an inclined or diagonal portion 21.

Each of the carriers 15 is designed to carry one or more photographs to be exhibited and it is desired that the carriers between the ribs 17 and 18 and the end 13`of the inner casing shall be shifted successively from the bottom of the pile of carriers beneath the pile of carriers between the ribs and the end 12 of the inner casing, the top-most carrier of the last-named pile of carriers being shifted onto the first-named pile of carriers. For this purpose, a shifting device is provided which operates in connection with the slots 19 and 20 and coin rises the transverse bars and 26 having t ie vertically reduced end portions 27 and 28 respectively which are engaged in the slots 19 and 20, said cross bars being connected by the piece 29 which is hinged at 39 to the bar 26. A shift bar 30 is connected to the cross piece 26 and projects through an opening 31 in the front of the outer casing and which when reciprocated, serves to cause the cross bars 25 and 26 to travel longitudinally in the slots 19 and The proportions of the parts are such that when the shifting device is at the rear limit of its movement, .the portions 27 of the cross bar 25 will engage the lower portions of the slots 19 and 20 while the end portions of the cross bar 26 will engage the higher portions of said slots and when the shifting device is drawn forwardly, the portions 27 will `travel forwardly and then up the inclined portions 21 of the slots and into the higher portions of said slots. Thus as the shifting device is reciprocated, the rear cross iece 25 moves downwardly, then rearward y, then forwardly and then upwardly while the cross piece 26 moves forwardly and rearwardly without an up and down movement'. In the rear upper edge of the cross piece 26 is formed a rabbet 32 and the front edge portion 33 of said cross piece is rounded. The front edge portion of the member 25 is beveled as shown at 34. rIhe end 12 of the inner casing rests upon the rails 12 and 13 as does also the end 13 but the latter is cut away at its lower edge between the rails so that when the shifting device is drawn forwardly, the upper portion IOS of the member 26 will lie in this cut away portion of the front end of the inner casing. When the shifting device is pushed rearwardly, the cross piece 25 thereof passes below the end 12 of the inner casing. Wvhen the shifting device is drawn forwardly, the vertical wall of the cross-piece 26`is Vflush with the inner face of the end 13 of the inner casing while the beveled face 34 of the cross piece 25 lies below and extends at both sides of the vertical ribs 17 and 1S so that the front pile of carriers stands with the lowermost carrier upon the railsv 12 and 13 between the members 25 and 26 while the rests with its front portion upon the cross piece 25 and the ends of its rear portion rfpon the rails 12 and 13 so that it is inclined, the cross piece 25 supporting the forward portion of this lowermost carrier above the lowermost carrier of the front pile. l/Vhen then, the shifting device is moved rearwardly, the lowermost carrier of the front pile is carried rearwardly with it beneath the ribs 17 and 18 and beneath the rear pile which is at the same time moved upwardly. As the carrier moves rearwardly, the rear end portion thereof, that is the cross piece 25 moves downwardly so that the carrier in the shifting device slides along the rails 12 and 13 and the cross piece 25 moves below the plane of the lower face of said carrier so that when the shifting device is drawn forwardly the cross piece 25 moves beneath the carrier to its front position. When the shifting device is at the rear limit of its movement, the front pile of carriers has moved downwardly and what was previously the second carrier from the bottom becomes the bottom carrier and rests with its rear edge portion upon the beveled or curved piece 33 of the cross piece 26 and with its front edge portion upon the rails 12 and 13. The carrier resting in the rabbet 32 projects slightly above the cross piece 26 so that its front edge will strike the rear edge of the bottom carrier in the front pile when the shifting device is drawn forwardly and thus prevent the said carrier from moving forwardly with the shifting device. In this way, as the shifting device is reciprocated, the carriers in the front pile are successively shifted from the bottom to the bottom of the rear pile.

The transference of a carrier from the front pile to the bottom of the rear pile occurs when the shifting device is moved rearwardly and when the shifting device is moved forwardly, a carrier is shifted from the top of the rear pile to the top of the front pile over the ends of the ribs 17 and 18. To thus shift from the top of one pile to the other, arms 35 and 36 are pivoted to the ends of the cross piece 26 at the outside of the inner casing and the upper ends of these arms are bent inwardly and downwardly over the sides 10 and 11 the upper edges of the rear portions of which are rounded, the partition 12 being cut away to provide a passage for said arms, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The extremities of these arms eX- tend down far enough within the inner casing to engage behind the uppermost carrier of the rear pile, and when the shifting device is drawn forwardly, the ends of these arms draw the top-most carrier forwardly. When the shifting device moves rearwardly, the ends of these arms drag over the carrier and then drop behind it, it being noted that these arms are inclined rearwardly at a sharp angle to insure dragging of the ends thereof, there being guides 37 and 3S at the outer sides of the inner casing to prevent the arms from swinging forwardly beyond the vertical.

That is claimed is 1. A photograph cabinet comprising a casing having front and rear carrier receiving compartments and intervening ribs, a pile of carriers in each compartment, a shifting device comprising a portion slidably mounted in the casing and constructed and arranged to deliver carriers successively from the bottom of one pile to the bottom of the other and to support, when theshifting device is in its forward position, one edge of the pile to which it delivers at an elevation sufficient to permit the next carrier to engage thereunder, and a second shifting device, attached to the first-named shifting device constructed and arranged to deliver carriers from the top of one pile to the top of the other pile in the opposite direction of movement of the said firstnamed shifting device.

2. A photograph cabinet comprising a casing having front and rear carrier receiving compartments, a pile of carriers in each compartment, and a shifting device comprising two transverse bars slidably mounted in the casing, a piece hinged to one of the transverse bars and rigidly secured to the other one of the said transverse bars, the said shifting device being arranged to deliver carriers successively from the bottom of the first pile to the bottom of the second pile in one direction of movement of the shifting device, and arms pivoted to one of the said transverse bars and movable freely over the uppermostl carriers and arranged to engage the uppermost carrier of the second pile and to shift it to the top of the iirst pile in the opposite direction of movement.

3. A photograph cabinet comprising a casing having longitudinal supporting rails therein at its sides, vertical ribs at the sides of the casing terminating short of the rails, the sides of the casing having slots extending longitudinally thereof below the rails, the rear portions of said slots being in a plane lower than the front portions, a pile of carriers arranged at each side of the ribs and a shifting device comprising cross pieces engaged in said slots and mutually connected, said cross pieces being arranged for movement of the front cross piece in the higher portions of the slots and projecting above the rails and the rear cross piece through the lower portions of the slots and into the higher portions to lievbelow thev rails or to project thereabove7 said cross pieces being arranged to receive between them the lowermost carrier of a pile to shift it from the front of the casing to the rear I thereof, and an arm pivoted to each end of the front cross piece of the shifting device and extending upwardly a'nd then inwardly and downwardly over the corresponding side of the casing in position to engage behind the uppermost carrier of the rear pile, said arms being inclined rearwardly.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK J. BUSALD. Witnesses:

HENRY C. I`11 ToN-7 EDD LoPP. 

